RALEIGH -- Ernest Perry worked for nearly 20 years at the Raleigh mail processing center. He says he sorted mail using giant machines that spewed dust until he started getting sick.
"You see dust, flying," said Perry. "It's constant mail movement, constant mail all around you," he continued.
He says when he started having shortness of breath he thought it was allergies or the flu until it became so bad that he went to the hospital.
"I went to the emergency room and the doctors were just mesmerized looking at my lungs, and, of course that feeling of, "Oh, no, what is it?'" said Perry.
Perry says the doctors told him it was sarcoidosis: scarring of the lungs. Normally, lungs show up black on x-rays. But, his x-rays reveal white clouds. He says over the years, it got much worse.
"It's tough to do anything," explained Perry. "It's tough to just wake up in the morning and take a deep, you can't do that. You wake up in the morning, or if you don't, you're not waking during the night trying to catch a breath."
In 2006, Perry needed a lung transplant. Perry's one of 450 postal workers all over the country who've signed a petition asking the federal government to study the impact of postal dust on their health.
"It's terrible, it's scary not being able to breathe," said Perry.
Postal workers in Chicago with similar health problems have filters that they say are from sorting machines. Perry's wondering if all that dust had something to do with his lung disease.

RALEIGH -- Ernest Perry worked for nearly 20 years at the Raleigh mail processing center. He says he sorted mail using giant machines that spewed dust until he started getting sick.
"You see dust, flying," said Perry. "It's constant mail movement, constant mail all around you," he continued.
He says when he started having shortness of breath he thought it was allergies or the flu until it became so bad that he went to the hospital.
"I went to the emergency room and the doctors were just mesmerized looking at my lungs, and, of course that feeling of, "Oh, no, what is it?'" said Perry.
Perry says the doctors told him it was sarcoidosis: scarring of the lungs. Normally, lungs show up black on x-rays. But, his x-rays reveal white clouds. He says over the years, it got much worse.
"It's tough to do anything," explained Perry. "It's tough to just wake up in the morning and take a deep, you can't do that. You wake up in the morning, or if you don't, you're not waking during the night trying to catch a breath."
In 2006, Perry needed a lung transplant. Perry's one of 450 postal workers all over the country who've signed a petition asking the federal government to study the impact of postal dust on their health.
"It's terrible, it's scary not being able to breathe," said Perry.
Postal workers in Chicago with similar health problems have filters that they say are from sorting machines. Perry's wondering if all that dust had something to do with his lung disease.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Nationwide, hundreds of postal employees say they're ill with what they call severe, mysterious, respiratory problems. Many of them are right here in the Chicago area.
Current and former postal workers blame paper dust inside the post offices. The last government studies on postal dust were ten years ago. The U.S.P.S says the science can't verify their theory. That's not acceptable for people who say they're "sorting through a sickness."

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Nationwide, hundreds of postal employees say they're ill with what they call severe, mysterious, respiratory problems. Many of them are right here in the Chicago area.
Current and former postal workers blame paper dust inside the post offices. The last government studies on postal dust were ten years ago. The U.S.P.S says the science can't verify their theory. That's not acceptable for people who say they're "sorting through a sickness."

Postal Workers Nationwide are getting sick, ill and are deceasing from the dust in the United States Postal Service. Google: NWIAL.com, "Airborne Paper Fiber-Nuisance Dust or Killer?" for signs and symptoms. Asthma is the Link from the United States Postal Service to the United States Postal Worker.

Postal Workers Nationwide are getting sick, ill and are deceasing from the dust in the United States Postal Service. Google: NWIAL.com, "Airborne Paper Fiber-Nuisance Dust or Killer?" for signs and symptoms. Asthma is the Link from the United States Postal Service to the United States Postal Worker.

Postal Workers Nationwide are getting sick, ill and are deceasing from the dust in the United States Postal Service. Google: NWIAL.com, "Airborne Paper Fiber-Nuisance Dust or Killer?" for signs and symptoms. Asthma is the Link from the United States Postal Service to the United States Postal Worker.

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Signs and Symptoms of "Airborne Paper Fiber - Nuisance Dust or Killer?"
If you have been experience Upper Respiratory Symptoms such as . . .Contact your local union if you have been experiencing Upper Respiratory Infections and file your claims, CA-2.

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